✦ History

Part of Korean War

Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

August 4 – September 18, 1950 · Daegu and the Naktong River line

Result United Nations victory

UN and South Korean forces held a 140-mile perimeter around the port of Pusan against repeated North Korean attacks until the Inchon landing turned the war.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

South Korea and UN forces

North Korea and allies

Other

United States
South Korea
United Kingdom
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur military commander Chung Il-kwon military commander Walton Walker military commander Arthur Dewey Struble military commander
Choe Yong-gon military commander Kim Chaek military commander Kim Ung military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
141,808
Wounded
17
Tanks lost
60

United States Killed 3,642

United Kingdom Killed 5

Strength
98,000

Units

British Army Eighth United States Army 24th Infantry Division (United States) Republic of Korea Army I Corps (South Korea) 3rd Infantry Division (South Korea) Capital Mechanized Infantry Division 17th Infantry Brigade (South Korea) I Corps (United States) X Corps (United States) 1st Infantry Division (South Korea) 25th Infantry Division (United States) 7th Infantry Division (United States) 8th Maneuver Division US 2nd Division 5th Marine Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines Royal Australian Navy Royal Canadian Navy Royal Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Royal New Zealand Navy US Seventh Fleet off Vietnam Fifth Air Force Royal Australian Air Force
Korean People's Army 105th Armored Division (North Korea) Korean People's Navy Korean People's Army Air Force
27th Infantry Regiment (United States) 7th Cavalry Regiment

Battles 6